PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shayne Corson (ranked 681 p4p, 90 weight class) and Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 981 p4p, 125 weight class). Mac Airt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wolf Blood. Cormac Mac Airt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Corson
vs
Mac Airt

185 cm
36
178 lbs
20 - 6 - 1

180 cm
36
175 lbs
27 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Shayne Corson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Mac Airt!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac Airt throws a hook but Corson avoids it easily.
Corson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Mac Airt counters with a straight right hand.
Corson throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Corson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt throws a body punch but Corson moves out of range.
Mac Airt lands with a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Corson.
Corson works Mac Airt's body with a nice hook.
Corson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mac Airt.
Corson looks for the body kick but Mac Airt saw that one coming.
Mac Airt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corson lands with a shot to the body.
Corson misses with a left hand
enabling Mac Airt to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corson misses with a kick to the body
and Corson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corson is looking to land body kicks.
Corson throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Corson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Cormac Mac Airt has been cut.
Corson throws a body shot but no joy.
Corson throws a looping overhand right but Mac Airt ducks down to avoid it.
Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corson.
Mac Airt is looking for the big counter here.
Corson wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Mac Airt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mac Airt looks to land a right hand but Corson moved out of range.
Mac Airt misses with a hook.
A big left from Mac Airt misses.
Mac Airt has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corson throws a hook but Mac Airt blocks it.
Corson throws a hook but Mac Airt blocks it.
Mac Airt let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mac Airt misses with a wild body shot.
Corson takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corson.
It looked like Corson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mac Airt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mac Airt takes a swing at Corson's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Mac Airt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mac Airt moves out of range as Corson strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mac Airt slips under a jab from Corson.
Shayne Corson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Corson misses.
Corson takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corson tries a low kick but Mac Airt avoids it.
Corson lands with a kick to the temple. Mac Airt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Corson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mac Airt doesn't seem bothered though.
A shot to the body from Corson misses
enabling Mac Airt to counter with a crisp jab.
Mac Airt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Corson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mac Airt.
An attempted straight right counter from Corson misses the target.
Corson throws a head kick that half lands.
Corson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Corson.

Mac Airt is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corson misses the shot to the body.
Mac Airt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corson.
Corson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mac Airt is still on wobbly legs! Can Corson finish him?
Corson slips under a jab.
Mac Airt seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corson throws a solid leg kick but Mac Airt takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Corson.
Mac Airt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corson.
Corson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt moves out of range of the strikes.
Mac Airt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mac Airt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corson throws a leg kick but Mac Airt moved away.
Corson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mac Airt will feel that in the morning.
Mac Airt misses the shot to the body.
Corson ducks under a wild hook from Mac Airt.
Corson misses with a body shot.
Corson just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shayne Corson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cormac Mac Airt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Corson with a hook.
Corson lunges at Mac Airt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mac Airt's hand.
Jab, jab by Mac Airt - just one landing.
Mac Airt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Corson's head.
Corson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A good leg kick by Corson.
Mac Airt blocks a jab.
Corson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mac Airt can do to turn this around?
A decent looking cross lands there for Corson.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mac Airt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Corson has got the better of the exchanges.
Corson thuds a left hand into Mac Airt's body.
Corson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mac Airt.
Corson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Corson.
Corson ducks under a wild hook from Mac Airt.
Corson throws a lazy uppercut
and Corson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt takes a swing at Corson's ribcage but misses.
Mac Airt throws a looping overhand right but Corson ducks down to avoid it.
Corson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mac Airt.
Shayne Corson is winning the standup battle so far.
Corson scores with a leg kick.
Corson ducks right into an uppercut from Mac Airt.
Corson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mac Airt misses with a hook. Corson ducked under it nicely.
Corson misses the shot to the body.
Mac Airt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Corson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Corson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mac Airt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Corson connects with an inside leg kick.
Corson blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mac Airt.
Mac Airt missing with a left hand there. Corson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Mac Airt lands a big right hand that sends Corson crashing to the mat! Mac Airt stays standing though and waves Corson back to his feet!

Corson is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corson moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh Corson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mac Airt drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Corson right on the button. Corson goes down! Mac Airt follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Mac Airt gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormac Mac Airt!
Cormac Mac Airt took to the mic in his post fight interview and said '"With a host, with a valiant band Well did he go into Connacht. Alas, that he saw the blood of Conn On the side of Cuchulain's sword!"'.